Words Fly Away, Print Salients Stay: Early Print Awareness within the Scope of Children’s Picture Books

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https://doi.org/10.33308/26674874.2022361363

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Print referencing, Print salient features, Early print awareness, Children’s picture books, Early childhood

Abstract

Print salient features were exemplified through children's picture books and it was determined which of these features the books included. The characteristics of the books were determined according to sub-themes and categories by document analysis of 59 children's picture books determined by purposive sampling. Descriptive analysis was performed. The print in illustrations sub-theme is divided into the categories of labels, environmental print, visible speech, visible sound, and letters in isolation, while the print in the body of text sub-theme is divided into the categories of font changes and bold or unique fonts. The number of books collected within the categories is as follows: 32 books in labels, 40 books in the environmental print, 16 books in visible speech, 26 books in visible sound, 9 books in letters in isolation, 52 books in font changes, and 29 books in bold or unique fonts. While font changes and environmental print are found most frequently, the least mentioned is letters in isolation.

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2022-01-21

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Kural, E., & Şimşek, F. M. (2022). Words Fly Away, Print Salients Stay: Early Print Awareness within the Scope of Children’s Picture Books. Journal of Education for Life, 36(1), 90–104. https://doi.org/10.33308/26674874.2022361363

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Vol. 36 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Education for Life

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Research Articles

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